ST JUDE MEDICAL INC
			Symbol			STJ

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St. Jude Medical and Microsoft Collaborate to Provide Patients and Physicians with Better Access to Health Records

2008-05-02 08:30 ET - News Release

Integration of St. Jude Medical network and Microsoft HealthVault will enable patients to easily share cardiac device data with physicians

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- (Business Wire)

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) today announced a partnership with the Microsoft Corp. Health Solutions Group to research the integration of data from implantable devices with patient-controlled, personal health records. St. Jude Medical and Microsoft will work with physicians to determine the optimal level of integration (between the Merlin.net™ Patient Care Network and Microsoft® HealthVault) that will allow physicians to efficiently and confidentially share device information with their patients.

Merlin.net PCN is a secure Internet-based system that collects and displays information from implantable devices, such as implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). It stores data that is captured during implant procedures, in-office follow-up visits with physicians and remote follow-up transmissions in patients’ homes. Transmitted data includes reports of irregular heart rhythms and real-time electrograms (EGM) which show patients’ heartbeats at the time of transmission.

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